HC Deb 15 February 1971 vol 811 cc351-2W
Mr. Judd

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the winding-up of the Union Burial Fund Collecting Society, Portsmouth, with special reference to the benefits which will remain available to subscribers.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

In December of last year the Committee of this registered Friendly Society informed members that it was proposed to dissolve the Society. The rocedure for the dissolution of a registered friendly society is laid down in the Friendly Societies Acts and in the rules of the society. The distribution of the Society's funds and the amounts payable to individual members will be primarily a matter for the Society itself to determine subject to actuarial advice.

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